Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Monroe, LA ranks #5,148 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 513 patents from 148 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Monroe, LA include Manville, Luv N' Care, Riverwood International. That works out to 10.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 148 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Richard L. Schuster Manville 43
2 Nouri E. Hakim Luv N' Care 39
3 David Mills 31
#4 William R. Walker 23
#5 Randall L. Harris Riverwood International 22
#6 Earl J. Graser Manville Service 15
#7 Bradley Kenneth Smith Parata Systems 11
#7 Andrew Krause International Ip Holdings 11
#7 Michael L. Book NASA 11
#7 Anthony Malone Boston Scientific Scimed 11
#11 Deon John Potgieter Phg Energy 10
#11 Earl J. Killy Manville Service 10
#13 Peter Roman Apostoluk 8
#13 George Robertson Thomas & Betts International 8
#15 Roger M. Floyd Manville Forest Products 7
#15 Terry Denmon Huntwise 7
#17 Jorge A. Ayala Columbian Chemicals 6
#17 Meredith W. Meece Thomas Industries 6
#17 Michael Linder Sca Hygiene Products Ab 6
#17 Henry Macler International Packaging Innovations 6
#21 Roger White Curtis Instruments 5
#21 Steve Sills 5
#21 Pasha G. Mohammed 5
#21 William A. Ellett Liquid Air 5
#21 Theodore Dickerson Cities Service 5
#21 Gnanasekaran Swaminathan 5
#21 David Brin Tidwell Andritz 5
#28 George A. Joyce Columbian Chemicals 4
#28 Vamsi Kaza Level 3 Communications 4
#28 Peter M. Conforto Manville 4
#28 John E. Holleyman 4
#28 James R. Talley 4
#28 Glenn Garbelman 4
#28 William Gulley Unknown 4
#28 Carl Robinson, JR. Unknown 4
#36 John D. Gummere Angus Chemical 3
#36 David E. Seffens 3
#36 Wallace G. Murray Columbian Chemicals 3
#36 Fred D. Floyd 3
#36 William Wilhite 3
#36 Francis T. Wadsworth Columbian Chemicals 3
#36 M. Wayne Meece Carrier 3
#36 Rodney Taylor Columbian Chemicals 3
#44 Susan Evans Underwood 2
#44 Tommy Lee Brown 2
#44 Barry C. Erwin 2
#44 John C. Eby, Jr. Recognition Equipment Incorporated 2
#44 Glenn A. Combs 2
#44 Raymond L. Dawson Manville Service 2
#44 Alan C. Berg Columbian Chemicals 2

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